Daily Food & Ag Digest
Every day, the staff of the Genetic Literacy Project scours the Web for stories on a range of agricultural and food issues, including the GMO debate, conventional and organic farming, regulations, new breeding technologies and sustainability. We publish excerpts of those stories and encourage our readers to visit the original publications for the complete stories.
Judge dismisses lawsuit alleging Bayer tried to monopolize dicamba-resistant seed market
A federal court has granted Monsanto's move to dismiss a complaint filed by a Missouri farmer alleging a conspiracy to ...
Declining diversity of sorghum, world’s fifth most important cereal crop, could threaten Africa’s food security
The diversity of the crop Sorghum, a cereal used to make alcoholic drinks, has been decreasing over time due to ...
Fine tuning photosynthesis: Predictive model helps scientists breed higher yielding crops
In the next two decades, crop yields need to increase dramatically to feed the growing global population. Wouldn't it be ...
Bayer lawsuits: USDA Secretary Sonny Perdue defends glyphosate before House appropriations subcommittee
Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue....defended the use of the weedkiller Roundup after two cases resulted in multimillion-dollar jury verdicts against Bayer ...
CRISPR-edited crops could help avoid famine as global food demand grows
Just like human beings, plants get sick. Microorganisms such as fungi, oomycetes, bacteria, viruses and nematodes (tiny worm like organisms) ...
Sequenced durum wheat genome aids efforts to breed more nutritious, disease-resistant crops
University of Saskatchewan (U of S) researchers say they have discovered how to significantly reduce cadmium levels in durum wheat, ensuring the ...
Bayer releases 107 Roundup safety studies as glyphosate-cancer legal battle continues
With recent legal battles, Bayer [has released]....all 107 Bayer-owned glyphosate safety study reports that were submitted to the European Food Safety ...
Pollution from corn farming linked to 4,300 premature deaths annually, study claims
A study published [April 8] in Nature Sustainability shows how deadly [corn] can be. And eating it isn’t the killer; ...
Royalty-free seeds, mobile devices help African farmers boost crop yields despite drought
As our global population continues to grow and the climate becomes hotter and drier and resources become scarcer.... we need ...
GMO crops still ‘sticking point’ as US-China trade deal moves toward completion
China’s lengthy approval process for genetically modified crops remains a sticking point in talks to end the trade war between ...
Video: The case for growing (and eating) sustainable GMO AquAdvantage salmon
Recently, a company called AquaBounty earned U.S. approval to begin selling their genetically engineered salmon in grocery stores. The salmon ...
Newly discovered plant immune response mechanism reveals how crops battle deadly pathogens
Although separated by more than one billion years of evolution, plants and animals have hit upon similar immune strategies to ...
Video: CRISPR-edited crops could see mainstream success in 2019
[Food producers have] been lauding the benefits of CRISPR for a couple of years, and how different it is from ...
French farmers destroy 18,000 hectares of rapeseed, double previous estimates, after discovering illegal GMO crops
French farmers destroyed a total of 18,000 hectares of rapeseed, more than double the area initially expected, following the discovery ...
USDA Secretary Sonny Perdue pushes agricultural innovation as solution to world hunger
In a morning filled with inquiry, laughter and wisdom, U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue conversed with Purdue President Mitch ...
Viewpoint: 2 reasons GMOs might be the ‘miracle’ Nigeria is looking for
As Nigeria gets slammed with another gavel of shame – this time called the Misery Index – we suddenly realize ...
CRISPR crops spur farming innovation despite climate change, water shortages and exploding food demand
The discussion and debate surrounding advances in agriculture have become frequent topics of discussion....[N]ow more than ever, the concept of ...
California towns fear arrival of citrus greening disease now threatening Florida’s orange industry
It may be only a matter of time until a deadly and incurable citrus disease sweeps through Ventura County’s agricultural ...
New North American trade deal boosts US agriculture, fosters biotech innovation, farm group says
When NAFTA was signed more than 25 years ago, it was the best trade deal U.S. agriculture had ever seen ...
Neurologist Steven Novella: Here’s what latest science says about glyphosate-cancer link
Glyphosate has been in the news recently because of the recent court case in which a jury awarded DeWayne Johnson ...
Biotech firms Amfora, Corteva strike deal to produce CRISPR-edited crops to meet surging protein demand
Amfora, a biotechnology company, announced it has reached a non-exclusive research and commercial license agreement with Corteva Agriscience, the agriculture ...
Video: Lab-grown meat could hit the market within five years
Lab-grown meat, cultured from the stem cells of animals, is considered by many to be a sustainable and ethical solution ...
Car sickness? How transportation harms honey bees, and what we can do about it
Bees have received a lot of attention recently, and for good reason. They face challenges from parasites and pathogens while ...
Farm groups challenge petition for tighter EPA insecticide rules, saying restrictions could hamper sound conservation
Nearly 100 organizations recently submitted comments to the Environmental Protection Agency encouraging the agency to reject a petition related to seeds treated with ...
Viewpoint: Bayer ‘open for looting’ as company battles 11,000 glyphosate-cancer lawsuits
The vagaries of American tort law were on display in San Francisco....as six jurors decided that Bayer AG is liable ...
Avoiding fruits and vegetables because of pesticides is bad for your health, dietitian warns
I wonder why during National Nutrition Month, when we dietitians are encouraging everyone to increase nutritious foods such as vegetables and fruits, ...
Speedy conclusion to US-China ‘trade tensions’ could foster farming innovation
It would be a timely piece of good news for American farmers if the United States and China could reach ...
